Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-07-08
THE COUNTY COURT.

Hon. John W. Rowell. the presiding
Judge OF the county court. having re-
covered from his recent illness. returned
to town on Monday. and the court re-
sumed work on Tuesday morning.
Frank Shore. who lives on the west
side of Lake Dunmore, appeared and
pleaded guilty to three first offences of
selling liquor and was fined $50 and
costs. He paid.
James W. Mitchell, who had once been
tried for participation in burglarizing the
saloon of John W. Jackson in Ncrgennes
on the night of sept. 3, 1855, pleaded
guilty and the court imposed IL fine of
500 and costs. the latter amounting TO
not less than SIS probably. The
amount has been paid. IT was urged in
behalf of Mitchell by his counsel. Messr..
Slade and Ballard, that previous to this
offence he had borne good reputation.
except that he drank too much sometimes :;
that he was drunk when the offence was
committed and that he has lived Il sober
and industrious life since then. States
Attorney Wilds was disposed 70 be len
lent, saying that the plea of guilty was
accepted by the State as fully combining
the methods employed by the defense at
the former trial. Judge Rowell. in i'm
posing the penalty of the court, express
ed regret that they could not have the
keeper of the saloon that was robbed in
court and visit upon him the punishment
due to the manager of such a hole as the
counsel on both sides said it was. Mitch
ell Is now a resident of Lowell, Mass.
He lived in Middlebury several years ago
and has numerous friends here who are
glad that he has escaped so easily and
who hope that the lesson will be lasting
Mr.. Wilds next moved for the sentence
OF Frank Morseman, convicted Of man
slaughter in killing Chas. Hinckley at
Salisbury on the evening of August 81
last. He was sentenced to Is years at
hard labor in the State prison at
Windsor and to pay the costs of prosecu-
ton. He had nothing to say when asked
the customary question by the clerk
previous TO the sentence.
Mr.. Wilds also moved for the sentence
of John c. Flint, the noted Hancock
burglar, whom the jury found guilty of
assisting TO rob James Welch in Hancock
one night in June, 1854. Mr.. Ballard of
his counsel asked that sentence be stayed.
as he wished to make a motion that the
verdict be set aside and desired time in
which to prepare bill of exceptions.
The request was granted. Up to the
time of going to press nothing further
had been done with the case.
State VS.. Mary Saunders was next
taken up. The respondent lives in Yer
gennes. She was indicted for man
slaughter. 1t appeared in evidence that
on the 10Th of January last she took
down a double-barrelled shotgun that
was in the house. and cooking both locks,
pulled the trigger of one and then gave
ha 70. hn,. 81.
ders, II years old, who pointed the gun
at playmate, Chas. Iattaw, aged eight
years, and pulled the other trigger. The
gun went off and the charge entered the
head of the Iattaw boy under the right
eye. He died from the wound on the
10th of February. The evidence also
tended to show that Mrs. Saunders was
aware that the gun was loaded. The caps
had been rem moved from the nipples,
however. The case was given to the jury
late Tuesday afternoon, and at 40 that
evening they rendered a verdict of ac-
quittal. States's Attorney Wilds prosecu-
ted and F. c. Smith, Esq, of Wood
bridge IL Smith of Vergennes defended.
Wednesday morning Solomon Cushion
was put upon trial for breach of the
peace in assaulting his mother, Mrs. Mary
Rice, at her home on Salisbury plains on
the Sd ult. The jury rendered verdict
of guilty and the court imposed fine of
SIS and costs. Cushion paid up.
Then a Ferrisburgh Frenchman, an
swering to the euphonious name Nicholas
Doodlaw was put on trial for illegal vot-
ing. At the last annual meeting in
school district No. IL in Ferrisburgh
there was something of contest over
officers, the real point at issue, though,
being whether there should be a good
school, or poor one or none at all. The
State showed that DOodlaw resided in
another district and came to the meeting
and voted for the anti-school party. The
jury found him guilty and he was fined
$50 and costs, the whole amounting to
about s75. 1t was paid. Mr.. Slade APP
peared for the respondent. William Nc
Cray, who was indicted for similar Of
fence committed at the same meeting,
has disappeared and his bail, $50, has
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